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Meaning of saccharinization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˌsækɹɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/

Definitions

The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Intestinal indigestion may, in some cases, be the result of incomplete digestion of albuminoids, or of fats; but in the vast majority of instances it is due to a diminution of the pancreatic secretions, whose chief function is the saccharinization of the starchy elements of the food.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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